What it means
پین کردن (pin kardan) is the Persian compound verb for “to pin” in a digital context. It describes the action of fixing a post to the top of a Telegram channel, keeping a message visible in a group chat, or anchoring a tab in a browser. The first element, پین (pin), is borrowed directly from English. The second element, کردن (kardan), is the native Persian verb meaning “to do” or “to make,” which serves as the standard grammatical engine for converting English nouns and verbs into Persian compound verbs. This pattern is extremely productive in everyday digital Persian. The opposite action is آنپین کردن (ânpin kardan), “to unpin.”
How to use it
- این پیام رو پین کن. (in payâm ro pin kon.) “Pin this message.”
- پستم رو توی کانال پین کردم. (postam ro tu-ye kanâl pin kardam.) “I pinned my post in the channel.”
- چرا این رو پین کردی؟ (cherâ in ro pin kardi?) “Why did you pin this?”
- میشه این تب رو پین کنی؟ (mishe in tab ro pin koni?) “Can you pin this tab?”
Cultural note
Pinning is especially common in Iranian Telegram culture, where channel admins pin announcements so that all subscribers see them immediately upon opening the chat. Telegram is one of the most widely used messaging platforms in Iran, and its Persian interface uses the verb پین کردن officially. The pattern of combining an English borrowed noun with کردن is a hallmark of how Persian absorbs technology vocabulary quickly without needing to coin entirely new words.